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by Carrie
Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:27 am
Forum: Main Board
Topic: To combine or not to combine? Please share insights.
Replies: 8
Views: 6103

To give another view on combining, I'm going to borrow from an older post that I responded to awhile back ... We are using "Bigger Hearts..." this year with my second son and "Little Hearts..." with my just turned 5 year old. We're stretching "Little Hearts..." out over 2 years, due to having a youn...
by Carrie
Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:56 am
Forum: Main Board
Topic: What comes after "Bigger Hearts for His Glory"?
Replies: 12
Views: 17056

Darci, We have a Greyson too! Ours is 5 and doing LHFHG. I don't see many with that name or spelled with an 'e'. You must have excellent taste in names :wink: I wish we'd have our guides written so I could use them for my oldest too, but the research and writing takes so long that we don't get to us...
by Carrie
Sun Nov 11, 2007 2:46 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: To combine or not to combine? Please share insights.
Replies: 8
Views: 6103

Ronda, Both "Little Hearts..." and "Preparing Hearts..." are 1 year overviews of Bible history intertwined with world history, so some of the beginning parts of both will match. However, the last chunk of "Little Hearts..." has a strong American history focus and "Preparing Hearts..." will instead h...
by Carrie
Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:26 am
Forum: Main Board
Topic: What comes after "Bigger Hearts for His Glory"?
Replies: 12
Views: 17056

jamieswife, I think the history, Bible, timeline, mapping, and most of the read-alouds would be plenty as long as you use the Extension Pack. Some or most of the history projects may also work, depending on whether we add Extensions to that. For literature if you use "Drawn into the Heart...", you'd...
by Carrie
Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:07 am
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Alternative book projects? post your idea here
Replies: 1
Views: 1820

Tansy, Thanks so much for sharing this! I'm sure your daughter will enjoy looking back on her book as she gets older. In my earlier parenting days I did a lot of scrapbooking for my boys. They pore over those albums now that they're older. Your daughter's book will be even more meaningful because sh...
by Carrie
Thu Nov 08, 2007 5:09 pm
Forum: Archived Threads for Drawn Into the Heart of Reading
Topic: How much time does DITHOR add to the school day?
Replies: 7
Views: 13426

I've got a few minutes now to answer your questions from what we've found with our own kiddos as we use "Drawn into the Heart of Reading". For my third grader, it currently adds about 25-30 minutes or less per day. But I keep the reading assignments purposefully short to allow plenty of time to disc...
by Carrie
Thu Nov 08, 2007 12:44 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: What comes after "Bigger Hearts for His Glory"?
Replies: 12
Views: 17056

Thanks ladies! That is just the encouragement I was needing today. You are such a blessing to me too!

Blessings,
Carrie
by Carrie
Thu Nov 08, 2007 12:38 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Confused about an update for LHFHG
Replies: 5
Views: 4063

Candice, You're not being annoying, it is confusing! The "Favorite Thornton Burgess Animal Stories" set used to be the set we used in LHFHG. But, the publisher changed the make-up of the set recently, so it is now missing one of the titles ("Buster Bear") that used to be included and has been replac...
by Carrie
Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:09 am
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Confused about an update for LHFHG
Replies: 5
Views: 4063

Candice,

You caught me online, so you'll get a quick resonse on this one! Here's the link to the storytime set on our website:

http://www.heartofdakota.com/story-time-set.php

Blessings,
Carrie
by Carrie
Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:04 am
Forum: Main Board
Topic: How to encourage a reluctant reader?
Replies: 5
Views: 4229

Karen, As far as his frustration with lengthy stories and sentences, is that within the reading program you're using, or just while he's trying to read easy reader type books? I would agree with Tricia, the previous poster, that being even 6 months older made a big difference in my boys' ability to ...
by Carrie
Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:50 am
Forum: Archived Threads for Drawn Into the Heart of Reading
Topic: How much time does DITHOR add to the school day?
Replies: 7
Views: 13426

inHistiming,

Thanks for posting with your question. If you don't happen to get any responses here, you may want to re-post on the main board. Most of the moms check there first.

Blessings,
Carrie
by Carrie
Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:42 am
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Confused about an update for LHFHG
Replies: 5
Views: 4063

Candice, Sorry for the confusion. "Favorite Uncle Wiggly Bedtime Stories" (the entire book) is out of print and being replaced by the book "The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat". The replacement plans are available on our website in PDF to print. You can order the book "The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat" f...
by Carrie
Wed Nov 07, 2007 12:46 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Scheduling Tips: Share how your school day is set up ....
Replies: 37
Views: 31538

Scheduling Tips: Share how your school day is set up ....

to cover the various subject areas in the guide (and any you might add in). This may help all of us gain some great tips on how to schedule our own school day.
by Carrie
Tue Nov 06, 2007 5:37 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Poll: For grades 3 on up, do you prefer to have read-alouds
Replies: 12
Views: 9342

Thanks so much to everyone who responded to the poll. It is so helpful to hear from others what your preferences are for read-alouds. For our new book "Preparing Hearts for His Glory", we are planning to have the "Economy Package" consist of the minimum items needed to make the program function. The...
by Carrie
Sun Nov 04, 2007 7:28 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Can everyone share what they're reading for read-alouds?
Replies: 11
Views: 8443

We just finished "Ben and Me" and "Mr. Revere and I" by Robert Lawson. My boys enjoyed both books (although "Mr. Revere and I" is quite a bit harder than "Ben and Me"). So that one was more for the older boys. We are also close to the end of "Baby Island" and loving every minute of it. I remember th...